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Community Development - Community Programs
CDBG FY 2023-2024
Deadline: 12/7/2022
People's Self-Help Housing Corporation
Supportive Housing Program for Low-Income USDA Farmworker Households
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USD$ 20,000.00 Requested
Submitted: 12/7/2022 3:22:46 PM (Pacific)
Project Contact
Forrest Eastham
[email protected]
Tel: 8055482345
Additional Contacts
none entered
People's Self-Help Housing
Corporation
1060 Kendall Road
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
United States
CEO & President
Kenneth Trigueiro
[email protected]
Telephone(805) 781-3088
Fax (805) 544-1901
Web www.pshhc.org
Pre-Application top
1. What type of proposal is this?
Public service programs must answer this question and submit. Capital projects must continue.
2. What priority does this Capital project fall under?
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3. Proposed Project Goal:
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4. Project Description (Program Narrative):
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5. Statement of Need: Provide a summary of the established need for the proposed project and the problems that will be solved as a result of the project.
Some answers will not be presented because they are not part of the selected group of questions based on the answer to #1.
Capital
Public Service
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6. Proposed date of construction or project start:
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7. Schedule:
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8. Phasing:
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9. Do Federal Labor Standards and Davis-Bacon prevailing wages apply? -answer not presented because of the answer to #1-
10. As a Public Service Applicant, indicate that you are aware that your Application deadline is not until Wednesday, December 7, 2022.
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Documents Requested * Required?Attached Documents *
Budget for Proposed Capital Development Project
(Required for Capital project proposals)
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Agency Evaluation Worksheet (Required for Capital
project proposals)
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Application Questions top
Project Information
1. Please state the type of CDBG program / project you are applying for:
THIS IS A BRANCHING QUESTION. Different questions will apply based on your answer to this question. Please disregard any incorrect number sequencing.
2. Name of proposed program / project:
Supportive Housing Program for Low-Income USDA Farmworker Households
3. Location of proposed program / project:
(Street address, if applicable of proposed program / project):
1026 W. Boone Street Santa Maria, 93458; 1148 W. Boone Street Santa Maria, 93458; 525 South Russell Avenue Santa Maria, 93458
Problem / Need Statement
4. Proposed Program / Project Description: Describe in detail the services that will be provided to Santa Maria residents with the requested CDBG funding and explain the established need for this program/project. What problems will this program/project solve or alleviate?
Include quantitative data to support your position.
PSHH is requesting funding for the Supportive Housing Program (SHP) at our three affordable, supportive properties for farmworker households, Los Adobes de Maria I, II, and III (the LADMs), which house 151 families with over 600 Santa Maria residents. Clinical case management services are provided by licensed and associate clinical social workers and marriage and family therapists (LCSWs, ACSWs, LMFTs, and AMFTs). Last year, SHP helped prevent homelessness for 70 families at the LADMs. This proposal addresses critical emergency, at-risk youth, elderly, and other underserved populations with Some answers will not be presented because they are not part of the selected group of questions based on the answer to #1.
Public Services
Capital Project
services that preserve housing and health care, preventing evictions and homelessness.
Services are provided onsite, at the properties where residents live, at a social worker’s office or in resident’s homes. Virtual services are also available as needed.
Our organization also owns four additional affordable rental properties for seniors and those living with disabilities. While similar services are provided at the 102 units at these four other properties, these other properties are not included in the program for which CDBG funding is sought.
Through SHP, in-house, Spanish/English bilingual/bicultural clinical social workers prevent homelessness by co-developing case management plans with clients and developing wrap-around services that stabilize LADM’s farmworker households and residents and help them build personal resiliency. Most SHP efforts enhance health and financial well-being by connecting residents to crisis intervention, health insurance, health care, emergency financial assistance, nutritional security, education services, financial literacy, translation and interpretation, critical transportation, and homelessness prevention. Clients also have access to unique resources, such as the Resident Assistance Fund, which provides emergency financial assistance paid on behalf SHP clients when no other resources are available to address a unique need.
Outreach is provided at time of move-in to all new tenants via on-site property managers who are responsible for new resident intake, rent collection, and processing maintenance requests. Property managers also provide outreach when residents communicate about household challenges. Word of mouth among tenants also spreads awareness of the program, as evidenced by the 47% utilization rate of SHP services by LADMI I, II, and III residents during the last fiscal year.
SHP’s social workers act as advocates for residents who must interact with property management, whether due to lease violations, non-payment of rent, or any other tenant-landlord disagreement. In instances where non-SHP households are in danger of eviction, SHP social workers provide outreach to offer services. Acceptance of services is always optional and never required to maintain tenancy. There are no fees charged or donations solicited from SHP clients.
5. Based on the City of Santa Maria's Community Development Block Grant priorities for Fiscal Year 2023-24, which PRIMARY priority do you feel your program / project falls under? The priorities are not listed in order of importance. They are numbered for referencing purposes only. Priorities #1 and #2 will only be considered for CDBG public services funding.
6. Explain why you believe your program / project best fits the PRIMARY priority selected.
Refer to NOFA packet for the detailed description of each priority and choose only one subcategory under one of the four priorities.
This proposal fits the first subcategory of Priority 1: "Assist low to moderate income persons in need of food, shelter, clothing, health care and/or safety."
While this program does address the needs of the elderly and persons with mental, physical, emotional and development disabilities and/or diseases, the program primarily serves a larger population that includes low to moderate income persons, as outlined in subcategory 1. This program is primarily designed to provide access to housing stability and household resiliency among underserved populations facing challenges that threated home and security.
Target Population
7. At least 70 percent of the CDBG funding used must serve low- to moderate-income persons. How does your program / project benefit low- to moderate-income Santa Maria residents? Provide the income guidelines and requirements used to qualify participants for the proposed program/project.
Note: CDBG income limits can found on the City's webpage under General Subrecipient Resources www.cityofsantamaria.org/city-government/departments/community-development/special-projects-division/community- development-block-grant-cdbg-program
This program is open to all PSHH residing at the LADMs, free of charge. Household income as a percentage of Area Median Income (AMI) at the properties is as follows:
74 households, or 48%, earn 0-50% of AMI
54 households, or 35%, earn 50-80% of AMI
15 households, or 9%, 80-100% of AMI
10 households, or 7%, earn 100% or more AMI
During the last fiscal year, 95% of SHP clients at the LADMs were classified as moderate-income or lower.
Prevent homelessness and address critical emergency, at-risk youth, elderly and underserved populations
Expand educational and development opportunities
Provide affordable housing
Revitalize existing neighborhoods
Upon move-in, most households must be earning 50% or less AMI, as established by HUD for Santa Barbara County. Income is recertified annually after move-in. The LADMs are USDA-funded housing, and per USDA guidelines, households whose annual earning exceed 100% AMI at recertification must find new housing. Income is verified using USDA-mandated processes and procedures. Households with earnings exceeding 100% AMI are eligible to receive services until they move out, reducing the burden as households transition back to market-rate housing.
This program helps low- and moderate-income persons by assisting their households as they establish housing security and personal resiliency, remaining housed in sliding-scale homes. Because instability in any of a number of other parts of life, such as health, employment, transportation, or finances, can threaten housing security, SHP is designed to help households stabilize all of these things.
8. Check box or boxes of population category to be served by the proposed program / project:
9. Out of all the boxes checked above, which population category will primarily be served by the proposed program / project?
Families living in poverty
Unit of Service
10. What is the total number of unduplicated persons OR households to be served OVERALL by the proposed SANTA MARIA program / project?
Please enter only for persons OR households (not both).
11. A.) Define the unit of service, other than persons or households, to be provided by the proposed program. A unit of service is the service that is being provided to the client under CDBG. B.) Provide the estimated units of service each person OR household will receive.
Example: A.) The unit of service can be defined as a bed night, meal, counseling session, etc.; B.) 1 person OR household equals (X amount) units of service; 1 person equals approx. 30 shelter bed nights.
The unit of service is hours of clinical social services provided. Each household will receive an average of 14 units of service.
Outcomes
12. Describe your short- and long-term goals and performance targets.
A.) Describe the intended outcomes for the program participants / beneficiaries; B.) What measures, tools and / or indicators
Homeless
At Risk of Homelessness
Homeless Youth, 18-24 Years Old
Elderly
Victims of Crime
Persons with Mental Illness
Physically Disabled
Developmentally Disabled
Persons with AIDS/HIV
Unemployed
Language Barriers
Youth, 0-5 Year Olds
Youth, 6-12 Year Olds
Youth, 13-17 Year Olds
Families Living in Poverty
Families w/ Housing Burden
Substance Abuse Problems
At-Risk Youth
Other: USDA Farmworker Households
Persons
71Households
71.0071.00TOTAL
will be used to demonstrate the outcomes?
The long-term goal is for SHP to assist farmworker households at the LADMs in obtaining housing security, as defined by HUD, which is remaining stably housed for six months after the initiation of services. While this short time period is necessary for reporting on a 12-month grant, in reality, over 99% of SHP clients remain stably housed for years after initiating services.
SHP’s short term goal is to assist farmworker households in enhancing financial and housing stability and improved health outcomes and family stability.
1) Indicators for helping families enhance financial stability include instances of connection with direct financial assistance such as:
Assisting with cost savings including:
Housing choice vouchers
MediCal
HEAP
And more
Enhancing financial management
Assistance in increasing household income through:
Job assistance
Unemployment benefits
Disability benefits
SNAP
DSS
Or other means.
2) Indicators for helping families enhance housing stability include:
Assistance in resolution of:
Rental issues
Lease violations
Securing rental subsidies
Locating other stable housing
3) Indicators for improved health outcomes include securing or providing:
Health insurance
Food and nutrition
Health care
Medical transportation
Financial assistance
Reasonable accommodations
A caregiver
Mental health interventions
4) Indicators for improved family stability include:
Crisis intervention
Family counselling
Education services
Collaboration
13. Will you collaborate with other partners in implementing the proposed program / project? If so, identify the collaborative partners and describe how the proposed program / project will be designed and implemented.
How will funding be distributed to each collaborative partner and what percentage of the requested CDBG funding will be provided to each partner?
While SHP clinical social workers do provide referrals to outside service providers, PSHH will provide all grant-funded service through in-house clinical bilingual social workers.
14. How do you cooperate or network with other existing related programs, organizations or community resources?
SHP does assist clients in securing social services from other public and private social welfare and safety net programs, such as MediCal, SNAP, housing vouchers, and more, although this is not typically accomplished through formal partnerships.
SHP social workers have an in-depth understanding of qualifying and disqualifying criteria and assist residents in benefit selection and application., streamlining the process for clients and other service providers. While SHP enhances access to these programs, no formal partnerships are in place and no funds are paid to external organizations.
15. Does the proposed program require parental participation or family involvement? If so, please describe in detail.
If so, please describe in detail.
While SHP enhances health and financial outcomes for families and households and connects families to educational resources and childcare, the program doesnot require that clients participate in the parental role, nor is the involvement of the entire family required.
16. Do you utilize volunteers for direct services?
17. If answered "yes" to previous question, explain and indicate the total number of hours of volunteer labor used per year and for what purpose.
If you do not utilize volunteers for direct services because the circumstances do not allow for them or the situation is not appropriate, you may wish to make a comment to clarify your reasoning or answer "N/A".
N/A
Description of Agency Services
18. Describe in detail the services your agency provides and how they are unique from the services provided by other agencies.
Serving the central coast for over 50 years, PSHH owns 52 affordable supportive housing properties throughout Santa Barbara, Ventura, and San Luis Obispo counties. PSHH developed and manages each of these properties, and provides supportive, onsite services, without charge to residents.
With a mission to “build affordable homes with site-based services that offer opportunities to change lives and strengthen communities on the Central Coast of California,” PSHH provides a number of services to residents, onsite where they live, designed to help residents enhance housing and home stability and improve student outcomes. These include the Supportive Housing Program, which provides in-house social workers who serve residents through clinical case management, and it includes the Community Building and Engagement Program, which promotes community ties, provides health education and screenings, and administers adult educational services that grow employment attainment and retention skills and financial literacy. Onsite services also include the Education Program, which has been in operation for over 20 years, providing 220 days of math, literacy, and socio-emotional education to students from kindergarten to eighth grade and college prep and retention services to students from the high school level until they complete their time in higher education.
In all, we own or operate 2,100 rental units with 5,670 residents. Residents of our properties are 80% Hispanic, and 12% were homeless prior to living in PSHH housing. Median household income is $37,168. PSHH provides housing specially designed for families, farmworker
19. How long have you been in existence and provided services to the community? PSHH has been providing services in the region for just over fifty years. SHP has been in operation for twenty years. We have provided housing and services in Santa Maria for thirty years. The three LADMs, the locations where grant-funded SHP services will be provided, opened in 1995, 2004, and 2018.
CDBG Experience
20. Has your agency received CDBG funding in the past from the City of Santa Maria?
21. If YES, explain when your agency received funding and how your agency did in managing these funds. This includes providing information obtained during your most recent monitoring review by the Special Projects Team.
If NO, explain how your agency is prepared to manage these additional CDBG funds and confirm that you are aware of the various reporting requirements imposed by this federal funding.
PSHH received Capital CDBG funds in 2021 for the rehab of the Educational Learning Center located at the LADMII property.
Funds were effectively managed and the project was completed within the grant period.
Funding Sources
22. List the annual funding sources and amounts for the entire Agency or organization in the table below.
These figures should agree with the figures in the financial statements for your most recent prior fiscal year.
Yes
No
Yes
No
828436Federal Government
23. How do you offer a service that is both cost-efficient and effective? PSHH operates a cost-efficient service through an organizational and departmental structure that ensures employees within each position are operating at the top of their ability, providing the greatest level of services and administration of which they are capable. We also maintain a fiscal department that manages finances throughout the organization, lowering the overall expense of fiscal management. These strategies help the Education Department to maintain a staffing structure with only as many levels as are necessary.
Timeline
24. What is the proposed start date of construction / project? -answer not presented because of the answer to #1-
25. Phasing
-answer not presented because of the answer to #1-
1 State Government
167164County Government
5850Local Government
1 United Way
1 Contributions
613000Fundraising
10795447Program Service Fees
786457Private Foundations
624379Other
13,820,736.0013,820,736.00TOTAL
Program Budget top
Revenue
Total Prior Year's
Budget for SM
Program
Total Annual Budget
for Proposed SM
Program
CDBG Portion of
Budget for Proposed
SM Program
Percent of
CDBG
Investment
CDBG Grant/City of Santa Maria
(same as amount requested)) USD$ 0.00 USD$ 20,000.00 USD$ 0.00 CDBG Funding from another
subsidiary USD$ 4,673.00 USD$ 4,640.00 USD$ 0.00
Grants from other Gov't Agencies USD$ 0.00
United Way USD$ 0.00
Contributions USD$ 39,426.00 USD$ 20,341.00 USD$ 0.00
Special Events/Fundraising USD$ 0.00
Legacies & Bequests (Unrestricted) USD$ 0.00
Membership Dues USD$ 0.00
Program Service Fees USD$ 0.00
Other (Specify in Narrative) USD$ 53,217.00 USD$ 58,385.00 USD$ 0.00 Total USD$ 97,316.00USD$ 103,366.00 USD$ 0.00USD$ 0.00
Expenses
Total Prior Year's
Budget for SM
Program
Total Annual Budget
for SM Program
CDBG Portion of
Budget for SM
Program
Direct Assistance to Individuals
Salaries USD$ 68,244.00 USD$ 70,652.00 USD$ 20,000.00
Professional Fees USD$ 206.00 USD$ 1,554.00
Supplies/Publication/Printing USD$ 1,694.00 USD$ 1,362.00 Occupancy/Utilities USD$ 1,977.00 USD$ 3,255.00
Travel/Mileage USD$ 1,107.00 USD$ 1,125.00
Other (Specify in Narrative) USD$ 24,088.00 USD$ 25,418.00 Capital - Design & Engineering
Capital - Property Acquisition
Capital - Construction
Capital - Financing/Legal
Capital - Relocation
Capital - Demolition/Clearance
Capital - Site Improvements
Capital - Admin/Activity Delivery
Capital - Off site Improvements
Capital - Other (Specify in Narrative)
Total USD$ 97,316.00USD$ 103,366.00USD$ 20,000.00
Program Budget Narrative
All CDBG funds will be allocated toward program staff salaries. The staff salary line includes staff salaries, associated taxes, and benefits.
The "other" line item in the Revenue section consists entirely of PSHH's funding of the program.
The "other" line item in the Expenses section consists entirely of indirect costs assigned to the program.
Tables top
% of Annual budget
Households or
Individuals
(Indicate one)
CDBG
Portion of
Budget
Annual Budget for
Santa Maria
Program (must
match the budget
tab)
Percent of
CDBG
Investment
OVERALL Annual
Number of Persons /
Households served
by Santa Maria
Program
REQUIRED Minimum
number of CDBG
Persons/Households
served
HH $ 20,000 $ 103,364 19 % 71 14
Total $ 20,000 $ 103,364 19 % 71 14
Required Documents top
Documents Requested * Required?Attached Documents *
List of board of directors and local advisory board, if applicable. If N/A, please submit a written statement
in lieu of the required attachments.
Board of Directors roster
Copy of board authorization to apply for this grant.
PSHH Board Authorization
Agency's organizational chart
PSHH Org Chart
Certificates of insurance covering Worker's
Compensation and General Liability (it is not
necessary to name City of Santa Maria as additional
insured at this time)
Insurance certificates
Current and prior year's financial statements
Previous year financial statement
Most recent financial statement
Most recent annual audit report (if your agency does
not perform an annual audit because it is not required
to, please submit a written statement in lieu of the
required attachments.)
Audit
Most recent Form 990 and Schedule A Federal Tax
Return
990
Budget information for the current fiscal year and
next fiscal year (if budget for next fiscal year is not yet available, please submit a written statement in
Operating budget
Application ID: 425385
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